NJ Spotlight News

Middletown parents demand input to avoid closing 3 school

ABC

New proposal to save NJ elementary schools has parents fuming

CBS

Fired-up Middletown, N.J. families are mobilizing to save their schools

CBS

“Middletown, N.J., parents blindsided by plans to close, consolidate schools”

NBC

“Parents outraged over plan to close schools in New Jersey town”

Asbury Park Press

Hundreds of angry parents flood Middletown board hearing about closing three schools

“Hundreds of Middletown residents massed around High School North Tuesday night, where some banged on windows of the school’s library and yelled at police officers to let them inside.”

Patch

Middletown Parents Fervently Protest Idea To Close 3 Schools

“Middletown parents expressed fervent disapproval about a proposal presented Tuesday night that calls for the closure of three schools.”

News 12

Parents left fuming as Middletown meeting locks out crowds over proposed school closures

“A school board meeting in Middletown got heated after the superintendent proposed closing three schools in the district. However, parents were also upset that many could not get into the meeting because the crowds were too large. Many were forced to stand outside, trying to hear what was being discussed.” 

Patch

It’s Not Just 3 Schools: Middletown Seeks To Close More In Future

“A school board meeting in Middletown got heated after the superintendent proposed closing three schools in the district. However, parents were also upset that many could not get into the meeting because the crowds were too large. Many were forced to stand outside, trying to hear what was being discussed.” 

Asbury Park Press

Lawmakers urge Murphy to help Middletown after school closure plans announced

“In the aftermath of hundreds of parents flooding a Middletown Township meeting about closing schools, two Monmouth County lawmakers urged Gov. Phil Murphy and New Jersey’s top education official on Thursday to help.”

NJ Spotlight

Fiery meeting as Middletown school district confronts financial crunch

“Two different plans to deal with the Middletown Township School District’s $10 million budget deficit were discussed at a fiery board of education meeting Tuesday night.”

TAPinto

Outrage-Middletown Parents Speak Out Against Plan to Merge Leonardo Grade School and Navesink Elementary School

“Hundreds of Middletown parents packed the room with a line out the door on Tuesday evening as the board considered their budget introduction which was entitled Middletown Reimagined.  The meeting was streaming live with nearly 2000 viewers.”